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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 22, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 51.

THE DIVINE UNITY

“There is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto Him.” He is the Creator of all things, the Author of our existence. Why then should we not serve Him with all the heart? He is the “one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all,” and we are created “unto Him.” Why not meet in Him the object of our creation?

“And one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through Him.” He is, under God, our Creator and Redeemer. We are bound to Him by His own life. We are unto God through Christ. He is the one “door,” the one “way.” Why not enter the Door open for all? Why not go in the way which leads to everlasting life?

“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling.” The “one body” is the body, the church, of Jesus Christ, of which He alone is the Head. That which binds the body to the Head is not laws or councils or creeds of men, but the one Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit which quickens, sanctifies, and unites to the divine Head the human members. “For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of the Spirit.” It is not a divisible Spirit; it is always one, as the light of the sun is one. It is in the Father; it is in Christ; it is in all the members of the church of Christ. Why not receive the Spirit and become one with the Father and the Son? Who would not be bound up in the “bundle of His life”?